tbennett@newsandsentinel.com John Romine, FOP Associates Lodge 3, patrolmen Mark Stewart, PFC Joshua Thrasher, police canine Huck, and sergeant Beniah Depue during Shop With a Cop at Wal-Mart in Vienna on Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Tyler Bennett) A member of the Fraternal Order of Police Blennerhassett Lodge 79 participates in Shop with a Cop at the Vienna Wal-Mart on Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Tyler Bennett)
A member of the Fraternal Order of Police Blennerhassett Lodge 79 participates in Shop with a Cop at the Vienna Wal-Mart on Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Tyler Bennett)
PARKERSBURG The Fraternal Order of Police Blennerhassett Lodge 79 helped 107 kids make their Christmas a little brighter by having “Shop a Cop” at Wal-Mart in both Parkersburg and Vienna on Saturday morning. Spending over $13,000 on gifts, the kids had a $125 limit and had free reign in deciding items, according to lodge President Beniah Depue.